PULASKI, Dr. Katherine(Star Trek: The Next Generation)
c/o The USS Enterprise
Somewhere in the Alpha Quadrant
Dr. Pulaski is the empathetic chief medical officer aboard the USS Enterprise-D.
She replaced Dr. Beverly Crusher after she accepted an assignment as Head of
Starfleet Medical in 2365 [Beverly returned a year later and Pulaski departed].
Prior to her year A.D. 2365 assignment as Chief medical officer aboard the USS
Enterprise-D she authored the medical text Linear Models of Viral Propagation.
The book (mentioned on episode "Unnatural Selection") is "still a standard" for
scientists at Starfleet Command, the scientific and exploratory division of the
United Federation of Planets.